A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.
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Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.
The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.